Big Savannah in mid-summer with fire sprouts of Sweet Bay

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Title:
Big Savannah in mid-summer with fire sprouts of Sweet Bay
Description:
Big Savannah in mid-summer with fire sprouts of Sweet Bay. Arundinaria cane; Pinus in background; From Natural Gardens (page 99): "[C]an successfully imitate the perennial herbs by partially burying their stems, to make possible survival. In the summer the numerous shoots arising from the ground make them appear as shrubs, but few observers would ever imagine these 'shrubs' to be trees fifty, eighty, or a hundred years old."
Topics:
Botany
Subjects:
Arundinaria cane
Grasses
Orange grass (Campulosus aromaticus)
Pine
Sweet bay (Magnolia virginiana)
Original Format:
Black and white lantern slide
Extent:
3.25 x 4 in.
Item identifier:
0021047
Photographer:
Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 more info on Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 
Created Date:
to
Genre:
Landscape photographs
Location:
Big Savannah (N.C.)
Digital Project:
B. W. Wells